Document Windows

A Sketchpad document window is shown above. The window contains a sketch area within which you construct mathematical figures, and various controls with which you can manipulate the window and the sketch.

Title Bar: Drag to reposition the window on the screen.

Close Box: Click to close the window.

Page Tabs: Click to change pages (only present if your document has more than one page).

Tab Divider: Drag to provide more or less space for page tabs (only present if your document has more than one page).

Because some sketch objects, like lines and rays, extend beyond the normal scrollable area, you can always press a scroll bar’s buttons even when the scroll bar itself is at its limit.

Scroll Bars: Click or drag to scroll the window.

Resize Area: Drag to change the window’s size.

Several of the controls depend on which type of computer you have.

If you’re using a Windows computer:

Window Border: Drag any border of the window to change its size.

Maximize Box: Click to expand the window to the largest possible size.

Minimize Box: Click to shrink the window to an icon.

If you’re using a Macintosh:

Zoom Box: Click to expand or contract the window.

Collapse Box: Click to shrink the window to its title bar only.

On some Windows and Macintosh computers, you can use System Preferences to choose whether to display sketches using normal or high-quality anti-aliased graphics. Sketches will contain smoother lines and curves when you use anti-aliased graphics, but they will also be drawn more slowly than sketches using normal-quality graphics.